Dr. Roberta Turnbull-Ray’s journey with Emerson began at age of 12, when her father, a truck driver in Los Angeles, said it was time that she read Emerson’s essays. After reading all of Emerson’s works, Dr. Turnbull-Ray completed a Ph.D. dissertation on Emerson at the University of Southern California. Over a distinguished 46-year career teaching communications at Montana Technological University, Dr. Turnbull-Ray has published and presented widely on Emerson’s significance, including recent presentations at Queen Mary University in London.
